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Henry Viii
Henry, the second son of King Henry VII and Elizabeth of York, was born on 28 June 1491 at Greenwich Palace. After the death of his elder brother Arthur in 1502, Henry became heir to the English throne.
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Before anything else I was a woman who was capable of passion and who had a great need and a great desire for love.
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― The Other Boleyn Girl
― The Other Boleyn Girl
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The whore or the saint: these seemed to be the prototypes set up by the Church's historic misogyny. But was there no alternative model to follow?
Yes, for Anne had seen for herself that it was possible to be an independent thinker, set free from the pattern of sinful Eve or patient Griselda. She had been in the company of clever, strong-willed women like the Regent Margaret of Austria and Margaret of Navarre. The influence of evangelism had enabled women of character to take an alternative path
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― Anne Boleyn: A New Life of England's Tragic Queen
― Anne Boleyn: A New Life of England's Tragic Queen
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